Sawai is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sawai
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sawai

How popular is Sawai?

Sawai is common in Japan.

Sawai is ranked 20113 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sawai bearers increased by 4.245283 per cent in 2010 US census to 221 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2057 spots and ranked at 84748. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 80.09 84.91
Others 9.95 7.55
White 5.88 3.77
Hispanic or Latino 4.07 3.77
Sawai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 25810 people have been found who wears Sawai as their family name. Sawai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,689 Pakistan4
720,003 Russia4
6,270 Hong Kong3
119,730 Brazil3
118,441 Germany2
3,014 Taiwan2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
219,873 France2
279,271 Australia1
7,292 Vietnam1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
58,885 Poland1
66,560 Philippines1
9,498 Iceland1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
3,873 Thailand24
133,639 Canada18
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with hundreds of Sawai:
35,800 India968
89,481 United States259
39,000 Indonesia252
5,556 Jordan154
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with ten thousands of Sawai:
719 Japan23,911
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Sawai Namesakes

  • Shinichiro Sawai, Film director
  • Miyuu Sawai, Actress
  • Hikaru Sawai, Kazue Sawai's son
  • Narendra Keshav Sawaikar, Member of Lok Sabha
  • Koji Sawai, Director
  • Yoshio Sawai, TV Program Creator
  • Kazue Sawai, Music performer
  • Miyuu Sawai, Actress
  • Narendra Keshav Sawaikar, Member of Lok Sabha
  • Miyuu Sawai, Actress

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